Ian Martin (born 1951) is an Australian

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footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. Martin is a multi premiership winning player with the

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Career

Martin was graded as a 16-year-old with Manly in 1967. He played nine seasons of first grade football with

between 1969-1974 and 1976-1978. Martin holds the rare distinction of playing in six grand finals with Manly, winning four of them. His first was in the side that lost the 1970 Grand Final to Souths. He then starred in the winning

teams of

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and the 1978 draw and replay. He started his career as a brilliant five-eighth, and finished his career as a lock-forward. Ian Martin played 155 first grade games, and scored 34 tries during his career. His only representative appearances were for

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in 1972, and after a short stint as the captain-coach of

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in 1975, he represented N.S.W. Country Firsts that year. Martin retired at the conclusion of the

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.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ().

References

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